Advanced topics in game theory will cover the study of repeated games, games of incomplete information and principal-agent models with applications in the fields of voting, bargaining, lobbying and violent conflict. Results from the study of social choice theory, mechanism design and auction theory will also be treated. The course will concentrate on mathematical techniques for constructing and solving games. Students will be required to develop a topic relating political science and game theory and to write a formal research paper. Prerequisite: W4209 or instructor's permission.
Course Sections
Fall
- 2009
Section Number:
001
Call Number:
75848
Course Number:
4210
Section Title:
RESEARCH TOPICS IN GAME T
Day/Time:
MW 9:10a - 10:25a 825 Seeley W. Mudd Building W 9:00a - 12:00p 825 Seeley W. Mudd Bui Course Bulletin: http://www.columbia.edu/cu/bulletin/uwb/subj/POLS/W4210-20093-001 Instructor: D. Epstein
